Guam Freight Forwarder

Approved Freight Forwarders provides end-to-end freight forwarding to and from Guam, backed by local teams, trucks, warehousing, and a terminal on the island. From ocean and air freight to LCL, FCL, trucking, customs assistance, and final delivery, we manage your Guam freight through one experienced logistics partner.

With weekly ocean service from the West Coast and local resources in Guam, we help businesses control costs, reduce handoffs, and keep freight moving from origin to final delivery.

  • Weekly Sailings
  • Local Guam Assets
  • LCL & FCL Freight
  • Door-to-Door Solutions

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KEEPING YOUR FREIGHT MOVING

Why Choose Approved as Your Guam Freight Forwarder?

Local Guam Expertise

Our local team understands Guam’s unique freight, delivery, and logistics requirements. You’ll get experienced support on the mainland and on the island.

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Assets Where Your Freight Needs Them

Our Guam operations include local trucks, equipment, warehousing, and terminal capabilities, giving us greater control over your freight once it reaches the island.

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Greater Cost Control

Owning our trucks, warehouses, and equipment allows us to minimize third-party markups and deliver competitive, consistent pricing.

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Proactive Communication

Know what’s happening with your freight throughout the shipment. Our team provides proactive updates from pickup through final delivery.

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A Guam Freight Forwarder With Local Assets

Your freight forwarder should have resources where your freight is going.

Through our local Guam operations, Approved combines freight forwarding expertise with on-island assets and support. This gives our team greater visibility and control over your shipment while reducing unnecessary handoffs between providers.

Our Guam capabilities include:

  • Local Guam freight experts
  • Trucks and delivery equipment
  • Warehousing
  • Freight terminal capabilities
  • Pickup and final-mile delivery
  • Container handling
  • Commercial freight support

The result is a more connected freight forwarding experience from origin through final destination.

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Complete Guam Freight Forwarding Solutions

Less-than-container load

LCL Freight

Don't need a full container? Our LCL consolidation service lets you ship smaller freight volumes to Guam without paying for an entire container.

FCL Freight

For larger shipments, we coordinate full container loads to and from Guam with options built around your freight and delivery requirements.

Air Freight

When speed matters, our air freight solutions provide faster transportation for urgent and time-sensitive Guam shipments.

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Pickup & Delivery

Our local Guam resources allow us to coordinate pickup, drayage, trucking, and final delivery once your freight reaches the island.

Warehousing & Distribution

Need additional flexibility? We offer Guam warehousing and distribution capabilities to help store, manage, and move your freight.

Less-than-container load

International Freight

Approved can also coordinate international freight moving to or from Guam, providing support across ocean and air transportation.

Freight Shipping to Guam Made Easy

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Customs Clearance Paperwork & Assistance

Every shipment to Guam must clear the Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency (CQA). Our team will assist with the necessary paperwork and ensure timely customs clearance.
Our team’s expertise with Guam customs procedures helps minimize delays, avoid costly errors, and protect your supply chain from unexpected disruptions.

Every Type of Freight to Guam

No matter what you’re shipping, Approved has the experience to move it as a trusted freight forwarder to Guam. We work with customers across a number of different industries to ship all types of freight, including large, oversized, unconventional, and unusual shipments. No project is too challenging for our team. Additionally, in partnership with our sister company, DeWitt Guam, we can offer on-island deliveries, plus assembly and installation services.

Decades of Guam Freight Experience

Approved Freight Forwarders has been providing freight and logistics solutions to Guam since 1991.

What started with serving Guam has grown into a network supporting freight across Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the U.S. mainland, and international destinations.

Our experience is backed by the three things our customers depend on: Assets. Experts. Complete Solutions.

Trusted by Companies Worldwide

I ship all my merchandise to Guam from the mainland. Dora is awesome. Responsive, excellent follow up, courteous, customer friendly, wonderful personality and exudes professionalism.

Truly enjoy working with Dora as my main contact.

– Ron R.

Great service! I’ve used their service a few times now and they have made the process very easy!

Highly recommend.

– Brian C.

Well, I have now used them multiple times and everything on both descending and receiving have been exceptional. Everybody involved, we’ve been a 100% professional and expedite my transfers. Immediately, I have 0 negative to say about only positive experience with the whole operation from start to finish. I definitely recommend this company to anybody that wants a painless business experience.

– John W.

Frequently Asked Questions About Guam Freight

As is the case for many other Pacific islands, the final leg of Guam freight arrives via one of two modes: ocean freight or air freight.

Guam ocean freight ships in two different ways:

  • Less-than-Container (LCL) Shipments/Consolidations
  • Full Container Load (FCL) Shipments

Approved manages via our warehouse in City of Industry, CA. We then move ocean freight to Guam via weekly sails from Southern California.

Air freight is usually reserved for time-sensitive shipments headed for Guam. For more information on sending air cargo to Guam, check out Approved’s air freight services.

Finally, when your cargo makes its way to either a cargo ship or plane, and/or over the road (i.e., via truck). This can be especially true when you’re shipping freight from the U.S. mainland to Guam. Whether you need help coordinating a single freight mode or a shipment that leverages all four of them, we can handle it all for you, including intermodal freight and transshipments.

Several ocean freight carriers stop at the port in Guam. We work closely with a steamship line that offers weekly departures from the West Coast of the U.S. for regular, dependable ocean freight shipments to Guam.

We use the following types of containers for shipments to Guam:

  • 20’ standard container
  • 40’ standard and high cube containers
  • 45’ high cube container

We also ship flat-rack containers to accommodate large and heavy items, such as machinery and construction materials. Finally, if you have a non-containerized shipment, we can also assist. Just ask, and we’ll help you find a solution.

Your final cost for your Guam freight will depend on a few factors:

  • What you’re shipping (including its weight, measurements, and freight class)
  • Where you want to ship it from (the origin)
  • Where you want to ship it to (the destination)

Once we have all this information, we can determine the right shipping mode—and what kind of shipping rate to Guam you can expect. Then, we’ll put together a comprehensive quote so you’ll understand exactly what it will cost to ship your freight to Guam.

Since Guam is a U.S. territory, shipments between the 50 U.S. states and Guam are not technically considered international. However, all shipments to Guam must clear through Guam’s Customs and Quarantine Agency (CQA). As a result, these shipments need proper documentation, similar to what you’d need if your freight were crossing an international border.

Note: Although shipments from Guam to the U.S. are also not technically considered international, your shipment will still have to clear U.S. customs at the first point of entry.

Yes, all shipments arriving to Guam must be cleared by Guam’s Customs and Quarantine Agency (CQA). When you’re shipping freight to Guam, Approved can help you prepare the correct paperwork you’ll need for customs clearance.

Additionally, if you need assistance clearing customs—or if your container is selected for inspection—our sister company, DeWitt Guam, can assist. They operate a Container Freight Station (CFS) on Guam, where your container can be securely unloaded for inspection. In other words, if you experience any challenges with Guam customs, we have on-the-ground resources to assist.

Approved offers weekly sails to Guam. In order to guarantee your freight is loaded on the next departure, your freight must be at our City of Industry, CA terminal no later than 12:00 noon (PST) the Friday before the sailing.

Transit time from California to Guam is 14 days for ocean freight.

After arrival on Guam, please allow for at least 48 hours for the container to be offloaded, cleared through customs, and made available for delivery or will call.